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ScholarCentric Raises Investment Led by Aspen Grove Capital
ScholarCentric — Saturday, February 02, 2013
ScholarCentric, led by CEO Steve Weigler, today announced a new investment with Vail Valley based Aspen Grove Capital, who provided $2.1 million in equity capital. This partnership allows ScholarCentric to continue its work with major school districts around the country including Denver Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools and the Clark County School District in Nevada. Read More »
iCreate to Educate Announces Strategic Partnership with Kaplan Early Learning
iCreate to Educate — Saturday, February 02, 2013
iCreate to Educate announces a forthcoming strategic partnership with Kaplan Early Learning Group. Although specific details of the investment remain undisclosed, the aim of this partnership is to better leverage each company's product line and strengthen its mutual market presence. A Boston #edtech startup, iCreate's innovative software and complete product line offer an engaging digital experience through hands-on exploration. Read More »
LearnLaunchX, New Ed Tech Accelerator
LearnLaunchX — Friday, February 01, 2013
LearnLaunchX executives today announced the founding of the education technology and learning-focused accelerator. The first LearnLaunchX accelerator session will begin in June 2013 and will provide selected start-ups with early seed funding, deep domain insight, direct access to learning marketplace leaders and channels, and mentoring by experts in ed tech, learning markets and start-up investment. Read More »
EdGate and JES & Co. Announce Partnershi
JES & Co., EdGate Correlations Service — Tuesday, January 29, 2013
EdGate Correlations Service and JES & Co. announced that they are partnering to offer correlation services to JES & Co.’s Achievement Standards Network (ASN) subscribers. Many of JES & Co.’s ASN users need help correlating resources to learning objectives such as the Common Core State Standards and want to make sure that ASN uniform resource identifiers (URIs) are used. EdGate will provide these ASN URIs in their correlations, allowing their customers to use the standards data openly in their education offerings. Read More »
eScholar Springs into 2013 with Strong Momentum
eScholar — Saturday, January 26, 2013
eScholar, a leader in the application of research and data to personalize education, today recounted the events of 2012 that shaped the education market and the company. Building on momentum gained in 2012, eScholar is looking to continue to improve how the education industry uses data to drive personalization and its overall impact on the education market. Read More »
McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Equity Stake in Area9
McGraw-Hill Education — Saturday, January 26, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education today announced a deal to acquire a 20 percent equity stake in Area9 Aps, the Denmark-based adaptive learning company. The move strengthens McGraw-Hill Education's position as the leader in personalized learning through adaptive technology. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Read More »
PCS Announces $228,000 Purchase Order
PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., — Tuesday, January 22, 2013
PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., (PCSV) a leading provider of K-16 programs focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), today announced receiving a $228,275 purchase order for PCS afterschool program materials. Read More »
IESD Highlights Latest Projects with Launch of New Website
Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. — Tuesday, January 15, 2013
IESD has launched a redesigned website featuring recent projects the company has undertaken and providing seamless integration with the company's online EDRoom focus group environment. The site, www.iesd.com, offers easy access to information about services IESD offers... Read More »
NSBA Launches Education Technology Innovation Showcase
National School Boards Association — Sunday, January 13, 2013
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) announce the six companies selected for its first Technology Innovation Showcase. “The Technology Innovation Showcase was created to highlight emerging companies that represent the diversity of new solutions in education,” said Ann Flynn, NSBA’s Director of Education Technology. Read More »
Mackin Now a Full Distributor of All Playaway Titles
Mackin Educational Resources — Saturday, January 12, 2013
Mackin Educational Resources is pleased to announce its new distribution partnership with Findaway World, a leader in the audiobook industry and the maker of Playaway®, Playaway View®, and Catalist Digital™. With the partnership, Mackin becomes one of a select few distributors of Playaway products in the nationwide K-12 school market. Read More »
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